This Malaysian Standard defines general rules for the specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials. This standard also refers to several other standards as regards detailed rules for specific applications. This standard is applicable to manual, mechanized and automatic welding.Welding procedures are qualified by conforming to one or more welding procedure qualification records (WPQR).The use of a particular method of qualification is often a requirement of an application standard.Qualification of pWPS by more than one method is not recommended.It is assumed that welding procedurespecifications are used in production by competent welders, qualified in accordance with the relevant part of EN287 or EN ISO 9606 or by competent operators qualified in accordance with EN 1418.

等同采用ISO 15607:2003, Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials - General rules, including its Technical Corrigendum 1:2005